Core i5-3450S 2.8GHz is a power optimized CPU based on the 22nm, Ivy Bridge architecture.

It offers 4 Physical Cores (4 Logical), initially clocked at 2.8GHz, which may go up to 3.5GHz and 6MB of L3 Cache. Among its many features, Turbo Boost and Virtualization are activated.

The processor integrates relatively weak Graphics called Intel HD Graphics 2500, with 6 Execution Units, initially clocked at 650MHz and that go up to 1100MHz, in Turbo Mode which share the L2 Cache and system RAM with the processor. Both the processor and integrated graphics have a rated board TDP of 65W.

i love this processor i upgraded from a 3gig pentium 4 ht630 the best thing about this is how smooth and quite it runs you never seem to max it out even at 2.8gig it score only 9% down on a 3570k and dead even with a 2500k and there like the best cpus of the last 2gens and higher clock speed id give